News Articles in May 2010

TechPoint has recognized Ball State as one of the state's high-tech success stories, honoring the Center for Media Design with a TechPoint Mira Award. Ball State received the award at TechPoint's 11th annual Mira Awards gala on May 15.

Motorists can travel around central and northern Indiana during the 2010 travel season this summer and fall — finding transportation-themed hot spots via a Web site created by immersive learning students under the guidance of faculty from journalism and geography departments.

Members of the university's Board of Trustees have adopted a general fund budget plan for fiscal year 2010-11. They also learned of a major new gift courtesy of alumna and spring 2010 Commencement speaker Angela Ahrendts.

Acknowledging the emergence of Ball State as a center for excellence in emerging media, Angela Ahrendts, Burberry CEO and Ball State alumna, has led the creation of a $1 million scholarship fund at her alma mater.

The Princeton Review names Ball State to its green college guide as one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible schools. The university is one of 286 schools in the nation to be recognized as an eco-friendly campus.

Twenty Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellows will start their master’s studies at Ball State this summer. After the year-long program, the fellows will teach science and math in high-need urban and rural classrooms.